Bereket H. Selassie.

Wounded nation : how a once promising Eritrea was betrayed and its future compromised / Bereket Habte Selassie. - Trenton, NJ : Red Sea Press, c2011. - xiii, 311 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

"Volume II of The crown and the pen."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-303) and index.

Introduction : from the past back to the future -- Postliberation musings -- The gold and the base metals : leadership and the fate of a nation -- Immaculate deception : the original sin of Eritrean politics -- Concord and discord : the tangled web of the EPLF/TPLF relationship -- The constitution and the broken promise -- What price sovereignty? : national leadership and border politics -- From Algiers to the Hague : mediation and binding arbitration -- "Neighbors that share fire" : border dispute and proxy wars -- "The Berlin manifesto" and the G-15 : a squandered opportunity -- The diaspora and a democratic opposition movement -- State and religion -- Ethnoregional politics -- Conclusion.

1569023395 (hbk.) 9781569023396 (hbk.) 1569023409 (pbk.) 9781569023402 (pbk.)

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Bereket H. Selassie.


Lawyers--Ethiopia--Biography.
Judges--Ethiopia--Biography.
Abogados--Etiopía--Biografías.
Jueces--Etiopía--Biografías .


Eritrea--Politics and government--20th century.
Eritrea--Política y gobierno--Siglo XX

B KRP 110 / B487w 2011

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